Birthday Girl- Greyhound Linocut Art

Description

"Birthday Girl"

Linocut, 2009

Black ink on Natural (off-white) Japanese Kitakata paper

Image size 6 x 8"

"Birthday Girl" is a linoleum block print (also known as a "linocut") on Kitakata paper from Japan. The Artist's Proof of this image was exhibited at the 2009 Greyhounds In Art Show in Dewey Beach, Delaware. I'm excited to offer the open edition of this print on Etsy!

I was sketching and carving this image of my girl Lucy the week of her 13th Birthday, thus the title of the piece. It just seemed to fit.


Block printing is an ancient Japanese art form that entails carving an image into a block (traditionally a wood block, but more "contemporary" materials include linoleum, rubber, styrofoam, etc); rolling ink over the carved block; and then pressing the block against paper to get a reproduction of the image. All of this is done by hand in my art studio, under the strict supervision of my 3 retired racing greyhounds Lucy, Clifford, and our new boy Jack. :o)

Please note: Because each print is from a hand-inked and hand-pressed block, no two are exactly alike. These slight differences are a unique quality of the block-printing art form.

Added on Oct 19, 2009

Shipping

ship to:	cost:	with another item:
United States	$0.00 USD	$0.00 USD
Canada	$0.00 USD	$0.00 USD
Everywhere Else	$10.00 USD	$0.00 USD

Payment methods

• 
• Money Order
• Check

Got a question about this item?

• contact the seller
• view this shop's policies